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From: Patricia Lundberg [mailto:patti@humanitieswest.org]
NAPOLEON: EUROPEAN CULTURE AT THE CROSSROADS
ORIAS Working Group at Humanities West
April 17-18, 2009
Join with colleagues and scholars at the Humanities West program to explore enduring legacies from the Napoleonic era through legendary personalities, flamboyant art and music, and legal innovations in defining citizenship.
WHERE: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister, Sf
WHEN: April 17-18, 2009
WHAT: Working Groups are established to nurture a professional community of K-12 and college educators with shared interests in international studies and world history The groups are free and open to all K-12 and community college educators and librarians.
*Working Group Moderators: Michele Delattre (ORIAS) and
Camille Mathieu (Art History, UCB).
PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE:
· Advance reading.
· Free ground floor tickets to Humanities West programs on Friday and Saturday ($100 regular price).
· Saturday lunch for break-out meeting.
OTHER BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS/STUDENTS:
· Reduced price balcony tickets for teachers not participating in the ORIAS working group can be purchased from www.cityboxoffice.com for $20/day plus $2.50 service charge per ticket. Direct link: http://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1234&c=18&pg
· A limited number of scholarships for K-12 students available. (Regular discount $20/day) Contact Humanities West, info@humanitieswest.org or 415-391-9700 for further information.
· Stipends of $100 for teachers bringing students to the program. Contact Humanities West, info@humanitieswest.org or 415 391 9700 for further information.
· All teachers and students are invited to join the ORIAS working group lunch meeting. RSVP required – lunch supplied, space is limited. Contact Michele Delattre at orias@berkeley.edu / 510-643-0868
Patricia Lundberg, PhD
Executive Director, Humanities West
P O Box 546
San Francisco, CA 94104
Direct line: (415) 994 5929 (cell)
www.humanitieswest.org
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
CISC March 09 Update
From: Gary Dei Rossi [mailto:gdeirossi@sjcoe.net]
CISC HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
MARCH 2009 UPDATE
State History-Social Science Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee: The committee has had two meetings. So far the committee has reviewed the revised chapters on assessment, universal access, instructional support, and some of the course descriptions. Future meetings are: April 2-3, April 30 & May 1st, and June 4-5. Various county history-social science leaders are either on the committee and have been involved with the deliberations.
The History Summit: On April 20-21, the California History Social Science Project will be hosting “Summit III: How Merging Historical content, Instruction and Research Can Improve History Instruction.” Featured speakers are: Daniel Sergeant, UC Berkeley; Tom Torlakson, Assembly Education Member; Rebecca Valbuena, LA Teacher of the Year; Gloria Romero, Chair of the Senate Education Committee; Mary Schleppegrell, School of Education at University of Michigan; and Ross Dunn, History Professor at San Diego State University. For more information please contact Nancy McTygue at 530-752-0572 or http://csmp.ucop.edu/chssp.
US State Department Website: This site has a new feature that they might want share with your schools and students called “Ask the Secretary” where any student can ask her/his own question of Secretary of State Clinton as she makes her journeys.
LegiSchool Project: A very exciting opportunity for high school students and teachers throughout California is the LegiSchool Project's Annual Photo Contest, California Through My Eyes. How do you envision California? What represents California to you? Poverty? Wealth? Technology? Farms? Water? Mountains? Towns? People? Cities? Cars? Landscapes? These are just some of the images that students are invited to photograph for LegiSchool’s annual photo contest. The photo can be a person, place, or anything else – big or small. It must be an original 8 x 10 inch photo and can be in color or black and white. Students also need to include a 150-word or less essay explaining why the photo represents California. The first-place winner will receive $100 and four runners-up will receive $50 each. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, May 1, 2009. Please see the attached announcement for details and share it with your students. Additional fliers and/or entry forms are available at: http://www.csus.edu/legischool.
The LegiSchool Project is a civic education collaboration between California State University, Sacramento and the State Legislature, administered by the Center for California Studies. LegiSchool’s mission is to engage young people in matters of public policy and state government by creating opportunities for students and state leaders to meet and share ideas on issues affecting Californians and by developing free high-quality government-oriented curriculum materials for California educators to enhance and help improve the quality of state government-related curriculum in our schools.
For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact me at thorall@csus.edu or (916) 278-7563.
Megan Thorall, LegiSchool Coordinator, Center for California Studies, (916) 278-7563.
California History-Social Science Network: The National Council for the Social Studies ballots for 2009 have arrived. Michelle Herczog of LACOE, a Past-President of CCSS, is running for NCSS Board of Directors as a Member-At-Large. We need to support our California representation at the national level!
CISC HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
MARCH 2009 UPDATE
State History-Social Science Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee: The committee has had two meetings. So far the committee has reviewed the revised chapters on assessment, universal access, instructional support, and some of the course descriptions. Future meetings are: April 2-3, April 30 & May 1st, and June 4-5. Various county history-social science leaders are either on the committee and have been involved with the deliberations.
The History Summit: On April 20-21, the California History Social Science Project will be hosting “Summit III: How Merging Historical content, Instruction and Research Can Improve History Instruction.” Featured speakers are: Daniel Sergeant, UC Berkeley; Tom Torlakson, Assembly Education Member; Rebecca Valbuena, LA Teacher of the Year; Gloria Romero, Chair of the Senate Education Committee; Mary Schleppegrell, School of Education at University of Michigan; and Ross Dunn, History Professor at San Diego State University. For more information please contact Nancy McTygue at 530-752-0572 or http://csmp.ucop.edu/chssp.
US State Department Website: This site has a new feature that they might want share with your schools and students called “Ask the Secretary” where any student can ask her/his own question of Secretary of State Clinton as she makes her journeys.
LegiSchool Project: A very exciting opportunity for high school students and teachers throughout California is the LegiSchool Project's Annual Photo Contest, California Through My Eyes. How do you envision California? What represents California to you? Poverty? Wealth? Technology? Farms? Water? Mountains? Towns? People? Cities? Cars? Landscapes? These are just some of the images that students are invited to photograph for LegiSchool’s annual photo contest. The photo can be a person, place, or anything else – big or small. It must be an original 8 x 10 inch photo and can be in color or black and white. Students also need to include a 150-word or less essay explaining why the photo represents California. The first-place winner will receive $100 and four runners-up will receive $50 each. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, May 1, 2009. Please see the attached announcement for details and share it with your students. Additional fliers and/or entry forms are available at: http://www.csus.edu/legischool.
The LegiSchool Project is a civic education collaboration between California State University, Sacramento and the State Legislature, administered by the Center for California Studies. LegiSchool’s mission is to engage young people in matters of public policy and state government by creating opportunities for students and state leaders to meet and share ideas on issues affecting Californians and by developing free high-quality government-oriented curriculum materials for California educators to enhance and help improve the quality of state government-related curriculum in our schools.
For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact me at thorall@csus.edu or (916) 278-7563.
Megan Thorall, LegiSchool Coordinator, Center for California Studies, (916) 278-7563.
California History-Social Science Network: The National Council for the Social Studies ballots for 2009 have arrived. Michelle Herczog of LACOE, a Past-President of CCSS, is running for NCSS Board of Directors as a Member-At-Large. We need to support our California representation at the national level!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Morehouse Summer Program for High Schoolers
From: Mitch Pryor [mailto:mpryor@oakarts.org]
MOREHOUSE SUMMER PROGRAM
Morehouse College in Atlanta , GA will be offering a Summer Institute (Project Identity) for African-American males entering the 10th and 11th grades.
Three weeks at Morehouse: June 7 – 28.
Creative Writing
SAT Prep
Debate
Pre-Calculus
Leadership development
Enrichment activities
$1,400 fee (includes meals, housing and activities).
Application deadline is April 21.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO: www.morehouse.edu/projectidentity
MOREHOUSE SUMMER PROGRAM
Morehouse College in Atlanta , GA will be offering a Summer Institute (Project Identity) for African-American males entering the 10th and 11th grades.
Three weeks at Morehouse: June 7 – 28.
Creative Writing
SAT Prep
Debate
Pre-Calculus
Leadership development
Enrichment activities
$1,400 fee (includes meals, housing and activities).
Application deadline is April 21.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO: www.morehouse.edu/projectidentity
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